Chapter 11: The Top Man of the Residential Compound

Chapter 11: One of the Best Men in the Family Quarters

Lu Changzheng couldn't quite figure her out yet.

But one thing was certain: she was too innocent, and he had to protect her well.

After dinner, Lu Changzheng cleared the bowls and chopsticks from the table, washed them, and wiped the table clean. He was now ready to head back to the dormitory.

Jiang Tang had been staying at the guesthouse for this period, but since the bed had been moved over today, she could stay here.

Lu Changzheng, however, could not.

Until their marriage application was approved and they were officially married, staying behind would be disrespectful to her.

"I'm heading back. Lock the door tight. If you hear any movement outside at night, whatever you do, don't open the door."

Before leaving, Lu Changzheng stood at the doorway and instructed Jiang Tang.

Jiang Tang nodded.

"Did you remember everything?"

Lu Changzheng asked, still worried.

Jiang Tang opened her mouth and repeated everything he had just said, word for word.

Even the pauses in her tone were exactly the same.

Lu Changzheng felt admiration in his heart, and at the same time, he was very happy that his little girl was so intelligent.

"Alright, you close the door first and go into the room to sleep."

He wanted to watch her go in first.

Jiang Tang crisply agreed with a "good," and truly turned around to go back into the house without a hint of reluctance. She closed the main door, and soon after, she closed the bedroom door as well.

Watching the light in the room turn on and then off, Lu Changzheng finally left with a faint smile on his face.

He went to the home of Political Commissar Xu next door.

He asked them to help keep an ear out during the night.

Although the family quarters were very safe, it was better to have someone looking out for her, just in case.

Xu Wanmin nodded with a smile.

"Old Wang was saying before that you were such a cold kid, and that whoever lived with you would have a miserable time."

"Now it seems that's not the case at all. You're a kid who knows how to be warm and considerate, someone who knows how to cherish others. Not bad, not bad!"

Xu Wanmin was very gratified.

Zhang Hongying also chimed in with a smile from the side, "Not just 'not bad,' is it? I don't think you could find anyone in this compound who dotes on his wife more than Little Lu."

"Old Xu, you should learn a thing or two from Little Lu."

Teased by the Political Commissar and his wife, Lu Changzheng didn't feel embarrassed. He grabbed his crew cut and smiled, "Comrade Jiang Tang is young, and because of her upbringing, she is a bit innocent. I'll have to trouble you, sister-in-law, to help look after her on weekdays."

"Oh my, look at how doting he is. My teeth are going to ache from the sweetness."

Zhang Hongying exaggeratedly covered her cheeks.

Xu Wanmin also chuckled and told him to hurry back to the dormitory before the lights were turned off.

Lu Changzheng stood straight, replied "Yes," gave a military salute, and then turned to leave.

The Xu couple watched Lu Changzheng jog away. The two of them glanced at the neighboring courtyard, their eyes filled with satisfaction.

"There are benefits to Comrade Little Jiang being young; she doesn't cause trouble or stir up drama, and it's quiet having her next door."

"Hmm?"

Zhang Hongying heard her husband's words and felt there was a hidden meaning.

She asked suspiciously, "What's wrong? Is our house about to get another noisy neighbor?"

Married for ten years, she knew her husband well enough.

Xu Wanmin laughed, "What are you thinking? I was just remarking that Little Jiang has a good personality."

"Besides, this is an old bungalow with crumbling walls; most people wouldn't really want to come here."

Zhang Hongying thought about it and realized that made sense.

She nodded, stopped thinking about it, and turned to go back to the room to sleep.

Seeing this, Xu Wanmin quickly said to her, "Make sure our daughter goes to sleep early."

The couple had three children: the oldest was nine, the second was seven, and the third was the youngest, only three.

The oldest and second were boys, and the two little rascals could sleep on their own.

The third, their daughter, was more precious; even at three, she needed her mother to coax her to sleep.

Hearing her husband's words, Zhang Hongying turned back and glared at him. The usually refined and elegant Political Commissar was chuckling at this moment.

He looked inexplicably silly.

Zhang Hongying said, "Wash that thing of yours clean."

She was a fastidious person.

Could Xu Wanmin refuse? Of course, he followed instructions without fail.

Zhang Hongying entered her daughter's room. The three-year-old little girl looked at her mother with curiosity, "Mommy, what is 'that thing'?"

Zhang Hongying's face flushed red.

To avoid losing face in front of her daughter, she reached out and turned off the electric light in the room, then crawled under her daughter's quilt.

"Does Yaya want to hear a story? Mommy will tell you a story."

"Okay."

Children's attention is easily diverted.

But Zhang Hongying warned herself in her heart that she must not say such things in front of the children again.

When she had coaxed her daughter to sleep and returned to her own room, she didn't dare to say anything, nor did she dare to make a sound.

She was afraid of affecting the children.

However, holding it in and not making a sound was really hard!

The next day.

The sun was bright.

Jiang Tang got up early.

She braided her hair into two pigtails that hung over her shoulders. After washing up and changing into clean clothes, she stepped out of the courtyard.

Zhang Hongying happened to open her courtyard gate at the same time, pushing her bicycle out with her daughter, Yaya, sitting on the back.

Seeing Jiang Tang, Zhang Hongying greeted her with a smile.

"Good morning, Little Jiang. Are you going out?"

Her voice was a bit hoarse.

Jiang Tang shook her head and asked with great concern if Zhang Hongying was sick.

A blush instantly appeared on Zhang Hongying's face, which wasn't exactly fair-skinned to begin with. Her eyes darted around, not daring to look at Jiang Tang.

It was all Old Xu's fault for being so vigorous last night; now, not only was her throat uncomfortable, but her waist was also aching.

Jiang Tang blinked, reached out to place her fingers on Zhang Hongying's wrist, and began to take her pulse with a serious expression.

"The pulse is flowing and smooth, round and slippery, like pearls rolling on a jade plate."

"Sister-in-law, you aren't sick. You have a little baby."

"What?"

Zhang Hongying, who was still brooding over last night's events, couldn't maintain her composure after hearing this.

"Little Jiang, tell me, tell me, I have a child in my belly? Is what you're saying true?"

"How did you know?"

Zhang Hongying looked at Jiang Tang with complex emotions. Faced with this sudden news, she didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

Jiang Tang blinked, "You told me, sister-in-law."

Zhang Hongying:?

Looking at Jiang Tang's earnest expression, Zhang Hongying calmed down, took a deep breath, adjusted her emotions, and then asked.

"Do you know how to take a pulse and treat illnesses?"

"Hmm? Hmm!"

Jiang Tang nodded, "I know how to take a pulse."

She originally wanted to say that it was very simple, but remembering what Lu Changzheng said about keeping a low profile, she held back and didn't mention that she was born knowing how to take pulses.

And the fact that Zhang Hongying had a baby in her belly made Jiang Tang even more certain that she hadn't asked the wrong person.

"Sister-in-law, how did you put the little baby into your belly?"

"I thought about it for a long time last night and still couldn't figure it out."